MRO Business Analyst

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Job Description:

Job Summary:  Provide internal and external customer support to simplify MRO business processes. Collaborate with all customers to provide WIP status, delivery dates, quotes/estimates, invoices/credits technical inquiries and logistical details. Coordinate all pricing agreements for MRO activities. Assist in planning and scheduling within Airbus Group and internal/external customers.

Primary Responsibilities:

Performance Management and Data Analysis: 40

• Perform data analysis and generate reports using specialized domain knowledge and developed business expertise; build data sets based on business analytic indicators
• Maintain/update/revise/establish new critical metrics
• Report meaningful metrics to various management levels on weekly/monthly/annual basis
• Build and maintain reliable MRO productivity metrics
• Analyze profitability and MRO shop performance
• Analyze and generate WIP & backlog reports
• Support development and coordinate implementation of processes across all MRO departments
• Analyze flow-in/flow-out for the various MRO activities in shops
• Identify problems that impacts our ability to deliver, ability to achieve margins, or areas of inconsistency in the business, based on understanding of metrics and correct application of metrics to the data.

Forecasting / Workload Analysis: 30

• Develop a reliable and financial Operating Plan for all MRO cost centers
• Work with supporting functions to receive FH and customer forecasts
• Develop reliable forecasting and demand planning across MRO organization
• Set metrics to measure forecasting and planning traceability and accuracy
• Develop workload capacity analysis for all MRO cost centers to efficiently balance the workload between the teams and/or propose capacity adjustment
• Coordinate forecast flow from Airbus Helicopters based on workload capacity between AHI & AHCA
• Forecast rotable pool inventory
• Work with Repair Operations Lead to forecast external repairs
• Work with Planning Dept. to forecast new spare parts

MRO Support: 30

• Work closely with Accounting Dept. to review / prepare period financial performance reports
• Collaborate with Program Management Offices & Transformation for Dashboard reports of Top Company Objectives (TCOs)
• Build business cases as needed and recommend/ implement cost savings actions (C3)
• Develop / create presentations for management reviews
• Liaise / coordinate with Airbus Helicopters on various initiatives / projects

Additional Responsibilities:  

Other duties as assigned

• Report activity monthly through Office Suite or Google Workspace

• Identify gaps within current processes, and recommend improvement activities

Qualified Experience and Training:

Education:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or comparable experience.

Preferred

• MBA

Experience:

Required

• Six (6) years’ experience in financial analysis or business planning.

Preferred

• Strong accounting background, including cost accounting
• Experience with creating business cases for strategic decision making

Licensure/Certifications:

Required

• None

Preferred

• None

Travel Required:

• 0 - 10 Domestic and International

Citizenship:

•  None

Clearance:

• None

Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities:

Required

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite or Google Workspace
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong operational improvement skills
• Consistent record of working in a fast- paced, demanding environment
• Strong Communication Skills

Preferred

• None

Communication Skills:

Required:

• Able to communicate productively in verbal and written form in English

Preferred:

• None

Technical Systems Proficiency:

Required:

• Experience with SAP

Preferred:

• Technical Systems Proficiency:
  • Strong Google Suite (Google Docs, Google Sheets, etc.) or Microsoft Office skills
  • Validated understanding of SAP

Complexity of the Role:

Analytical review of business performance, such as productivity and shop efficiency. Cost & Sales analysis for make or buy strategies and business proposals. Acts in capacity of subject matter expert regarding business performance and provides recommendations on how to steer the activities, such as headcount adjustments, pool sizing, and tooling investments.

• Critical metrics & dashboard creation
• Calculation of Work in Progress (WIP), turnaround times (TAT), and workload capacity
• Decisions made based on cost/ margins
• Ability to multitask
• Meeting inventory demand
• Ability to resolve issues optimally
• Work independently as well as on a team

Level of Decision Making:

• Able to make independent decisions intended to be customer centered and meet company and customer expectations
• Regularly work with relevant business areas (e.g. MRO Front Office, Blade Shop, DCR Shop, etc.) to identify alternative paths or solutions for repair lead times intended to improve customer satisfaction
• Understand and make decisions based on inventory demand
• Make critical decisions on cost/margins to support the financial health of the MRO department without direct supervision

Organizational information:

Reports to Director, Maintenance Repair Operations

Direct Reports:

Is this a people manager? No            

of Exempt Reports: 0     

                of Non-exempt Reports: 0     

Job Dimensions:

• Ability to analyze complicated business processes and work out problems
• Decisions made on cost/margin analysis
• Support the forecast management of all MRO activities
• Coordinates and guides forecasting needs together with customer. Collect and interpret relevant data and information
• Able to resolve concerns in effective / practical ways
• Forecast modeling & workload analysis
• Big picture view
• Able to resize activities to match business growth

Nature of Contacts:

•  Communication every day with internal and external parties

Physical Requirements:

• Onsite: 90-100
• Vision: able to see and read computer screen and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings. 100
• Hearing: able to hear to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on production floor including safety warnings or alarms. 100
• Speaking:  able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications. 100
• Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools .
• Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs minimally. 
• Lifting:  able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs minimally.
• Pushing / Pulling:  able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools minimally.
• Sitting:  able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on computer on a daily basis. 
• Squatting / Kneeling:  able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving.
• Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on production floor regularly. 
• Travel:  able to travel independently and at short notice. Very minimal amount if at all.
• Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents):  able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces regularly. 
• Personal Protective Equipment required:  Required PPE includes, but is not limited to, Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, Respirators/Masks, and/or Protective Gloves as required by site and/or customer site

Equal Opportunity:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status

As a leader in our field, Airbus Helicopters, Inc. provides relocation assistance for qualified positions and a comprehensive compensation and benefits package.  

As a matter of policy, Airbus Helicopters, Inc. does not sponsor visas for US positions unless specified. Only applicants with current work authorization will be considered.

Airbus Helicopters, Inc. does not offer tenured or guaranteed employment. Employment with Airbus is at will, meaning either the company or the employee can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice.

NOTE:  Airbus Helicopters, Inc. reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.  This position description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

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Job Posting End Date: 09.14.2024

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